*ka:dh- `to shelter, cover'. Alb kodër `hill' from suffixed form *ka:dh-ru: Romanian codru `forest': Lat cassis, -idis <*kadh-ti- s `helm': NE hat, hood,...
... a. I agree with you that we have to reject Latin quadrum The rejection is very simple: If Latin quadrum gave Rom. codru Why Latin quattuor gave Rom....
... hill', ... to ... hardly ... Reflects ... o/u ... Albanian ... Probably you insist on equation Alb rosë 'duck' and Rom ra 'duck'. But Alb kopil and...
... You probably insist on equation Alb rosë/Rom rață 'duck', but I think that Rom moș 'old man'/Alb moshë '(old) age' and Alb kopil/Rom kopil testify...
... think ... kopil ... I fully agree, that we have Rom /o/ for Alb /o/ too. But one with the other are not in contradiction: we only need to detect some...
... <alexandru_mg3@> ... Sorry I have sent by error the unfinished message so copil < PAlb. kwa:p-'ila moS(&) < PAlb. mwa:s-'ja: codru < PAlb. kwa:d-'(u)ra ...
Abdullah, could you try to find the PIE root of Grk. kedros? and some Cognates? It could be a cognates with the supposed PAlb kwa:dr-...if from a PIE *kwe:dr- ...
... PIE ... ************ According to Beeks, Greek kedros, meaning 'cedar-tree', is related to Lith kadagys, limited to first syllable and the further ...
*dhren- `drone'. 1. Alb. kacadrê `stag beetle' as a synonymic compound of *km.Hxp-st-o-dhren, where first element is *km.Hxp- `drone', -o-, combining vowel,...
... compound ... , ... Greek, ... Orel ... find ... grade ... an ... `cling, ... cacciare and French ... I will only comment on Romanian word: a) Romanian...
... I guess Abdullah said "related to Latin" not from Latin :-) there is no PIE Rot as "ak-" but the "a" ther appears to me to be a protetic "a"; the rot...
... actual ... 1. I answered to both suppositions...from Latin and related to Latin 2. I agree a- is a prefix 3. but there is no PIE *kaV- root for thorn or...
... ************ Historically speaking, you have right, see Meyer (EW, pp 141). Albanian Gheg gjini 'sex, kind, race' could be from Lat genus, - eris 'race,...
... *genH- ... sex' ... Rom ... Self-correction: zero-grade form *g'n.H1-t- instead of *g'n.H1-t- (see Lat. gn.H-ti > gens (stem genti-, Greek genesis, etc.)...
... after - ... and ... PIE *g'n merged together with PIE *gn in Early-PAlb *gn that arrived next to PAlb nj => See Alb. njoh 'to know' as a PIE inherited word...
... <Ekmekciu@> ... from ... Genthios 'procreator' ... kind, ... according ... with ... t- ... word ... - ... nj ... - ... a) PIE n. > Alb a (not /en/) Alb....
... First, Alb mat is by all means a cognate with Greek amathos 'sand' and is also attested in ancient sources as a river name Mathis, so your assumption, if...
... question ... Abdullah, Abdullah, Greek th in ama-TH-os reflects PIE *dH- and PIE *dH- is Albanian d- so Alb. mat cannot be linked with mathos in any way...
... any ... Abdullah the Greek word is amathos (please check it : is with 'teta') And the Albanian word is mat (I hope you know) So what you wanted to say...
... actually the word "gintă" appears to be new to me. It has almost no use beside the use in literar aspects of the language. The Rum. word for "gintă" is...
... word ... IN fact ginta is not used at all in current Romanian (or is used as a neologism) and its fonetism is quite new. BUT NEAM is really an OLD WORD....
... That is difficult since the diphtongation in this word does not follows the rules accepted (e > ea when followed by an "ă" in the next syllable. For...
... me ... *nemV" You are right. But there is no nemV : I mean nemV version is older that the suppose neamV... ... a ... I think that we don't have any e in...
... at all? ... I am not so sure. For me I hear it the same "ea" as in "ne-am facut că plouă", I don't feel any difference here. If I think about, the plural...
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